Columbia County Sheriff’s Office investigators looked into a fire that destroyed a Martinez home early Tuesday.

At about 5 a.m., Colum-bia County Fire Rescue personnel responded to 413 Beverly Road, where they found a single-story home engulfed in flames, according to Battalion Chief Brent Willis. They extinguished the blaze.

Columbia County Fire Rescue personnel tried to assist with a fire that destroyed a South Carolina home late Sunday.

The department received the call for assistance with the fire at 9:23 p.m. The home at 255 River Bend Drive in Clarks Hill, S.C., was fully involved when firefighters arrived, according to department Batt. Chief Danny Kuhlmann.

The department was joined by firefighters from Clarks Hill, McCormick and Modoc fire departments.

“Residents had a fire in the fireplace, then she went upstairs to bed,” Kuhlmann said.

Dean, a former Columbia County commissioner and Harlem mayor, was convicted of two counts of child molestation in December 2011, more than a year after his adopted daughter, Silda Dean, accused him of inappropriately touching her.

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking into a fire that destroyed a Martinez home early Tuesday.

At about 5 a.m., Columbia County Fire Rescue personnel responded to 413 Beverly Road, where they found a single-story home engulfed in flames, according to Batt. Chief Brent Willis. They extinguished the blaze.

The resident of the home, Louis Williams, escaped unharmed. He is being housed temporarily by The American Red Cross.

Williams told firefighters that he woke up and the couch was on fire, Willis said.